A Democrat Friend of Mine Proposed See the WaPo's piece in which the Obama and McCain tax plans are compared at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/06/09/ST2008060900950.html It's simple enough - if you make less than $226,981 per year then your taxes go down under Obama's plan. If you're one of those lucky enough to have a personal income in the top 5% tax bracket, you're taxes are going up. In a nation where the ratio of CEO pay to that of the average employee is 465:1, this doesn't bother me in the least. Wealth redistribution is *not* exclusively within the domain of socialism,...
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OK, this might not have been the best investment I ever made in a book.
90% of the information in this book was easily figured out by myself just simple messing around with the application. There were three distinct pieces of information that got me excited, and ultimately saved me enough time that I think I broke even.
If you are a complete novice to MS Office products or if you have no idea what XML is and how it might work, then this book might be good for you.
I tend to think that most of us are far enough advanced that we don't need to be spoon fed the milk that this book provides....
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You saw the Dwalt Nail Gun for the guys – thanks to Meg, this one here is for the ladies!
Pocket Taser Stun Gun, a great gift for the wife. A guy who purchased his lovely wife a pocket Taser for their anniversary submitted this:
Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was our 15th anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my wife Julie. What I came across was a 100,000 volt, pocket/purse sized taser. The effects of the taser were supposed to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your...
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Perhaps I spoke to soon last week, it appears that I’m not really in the clear yet. Although the ear, nose, and throat issues have faded into history, the cough persists. It wouldn’t be so bad I suppose, but when I cough I produce “red stuff” that seems highly unnatural.
Went back to the Dr. this morning and finally got in to see my family doctor, first week was some Dr. at Urgent Care (said it was a virus), then last week my Dr. wasn’t available so her colleague (said whooping cough) at the same office saw me.
They took pictures of my lungs again, and everyone agrees that it isn’t...
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This has now moved to the top of my 2008 Christmas Wish List!
A new Nail Gun, made by Dewalt, has just been introduced. It can drive a 16-D nail through a 2 X 4 at 200 yards. This makes construction a breeze, you can sit in your lawn chair and build a fence. Just get your wife to hold the fence boards in place while you sit back, relax with a cold drink and when she has the board in the right place, just fire away. With the hundred round magazine, you can build the fence with a minimum of reloading. After a day of fence building with the new Dewalt Rapid fire nail gun, the wife will not ask you build...
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….. were greatly exaggerated! I was really only ever almost-dead (see ref) and am now certainly only nearly dead! Last week, I had a virus which turned into something more this week. For those who may not have heard, the Dr. proposed I either have Whooping Cough or Pneumonia, either of which we were in the very early stages of and the same antibiotic would take care of. To that end, I’m three days into a full course of the antibiotic (well, this afternoon will mark the fourth day) and certainly appear to be on the mend. Fortunately, no one else in the family seems to be of such a low constitution...
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